Tire heater



May 8, 1923.

W. A. MAAS ET AL TIRE HEATER Filed July 15 1921,

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WITNESSES Patented May a, 1923. r I h i i i UNETE@ STATE PATENT @FFEQE.

WILLIAM A. MAAS AND TI-IGMAS J'. MAAS, OF WATERFORD, WISCONSIN.

TIRE HEATER.

Application filed July 15, 1921. Serial No. 484,905.

To all whom it may concern. trol valve 15. An annular priming pan 16 Beit known that we, WILLIAM A. Mass 1S (l1SpO G( l beneath the burner 5and is proand THOMAS J. MAAs, citizens of the United vlded with anasbestos lined trough 17.

States, and residents of aterford in the A cylindrical shell 18 isadapted to sur- 5 county of Racine and State of VVisconsln, round thburner a d has rack or tire suphave invented new and useful Improvementsporting bars 19 secured thereto and extendin Tire Heaters, of which thefollowing is ing across and above the vaporizer to rea description,reference being bad to the ac ceive the tire rims 20 to be heated. Acompanying drawings, whlch are a part of conical cover 21 having acentral opening this specification. 22 and a handle 23 is designed tofit upon The invention relates to tire heaters. and project over thetires so as to confine The object of the invention is re provide theheat and restrict the passage of and a heater of simple and economicalconstrucdirect the burning gases against them. The tion for heating themetal tire so that it may cover is preferably designed to fit within the15 be shrunk onto the felly of the wheel, the shell and upon the tiresso as to moreef heater being designed so as to use a cheap fectivelyconfine the heat about any number grade of liquid fuel, as kerosene. oftires resting upon the bars 19.

The invention further consists 1n the sev- Where kerosene is used asfuel a priming eral features hereinafter set forth and more chargeintroduced in the pan 16 and ignited 20 particularly defined by claimsat the conserves to initially heat the burner and thereclusion hereof.after the burner heats the vaporizer so that In the drawings: Fig. 1 isa vertical secit supplies vaporized fuel to the burner tional viewthrough a heater embodying the Which is consumed at the jets 6, the hotgases invention; Fig. 2 1s a plan view of the heater from the burner.serving to heat the tires 25 with the cover removed and parts broken tosuch a temperature as to permit them to away; Fig. 3 is a detailsectional view taken be shrunk upon the felloes of the wheels.

on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4. is a de- What we claim as ourinvention is: tail sectional view taken on the line 1-4 of 1. A tireheater comprising a ring: Fi 2. shaped burner a cylindrical shellsurround- I 30 The heater includes a burner 5 consisting ing the burner,a member carried by the of a pipe bent into a ring-shaped form and shelland supporting the tires above the having burner openings 6 in its top,and a burner, and a conical cover disposable withvaporizer 7 consistingof a pipe bent into in the shell and resting on the uppermost aring-shaped form and having connection tire or tires and having acentral opening.

35 with a fuel Supply ipe 8 and connected by 2. A. tire heatercomprising a ring.-

a suitable coupling 9 with a pipe 10 comshaped vaporizer and aring-shapedlmrn er municating with the burner. The burner directlybeneath said vaporizer, a fuel sup- 5 and vaporizer 7 are held togetherand supply pipe, T-fitting inlet connecting said ported by a pluralityof standards, each pipe with said vaporizer,acoupling between 40standard comprising a pair of legs 11 se the burner and vaporizerdiametrically discured in clamping engagement with said posed withrespect to said inlet, supportburner and vaporizer by means of bolts 12.inc brackets sustaining the vaporizer above The central diameters ofboth burner and the burner and the burner in elevated povaporizer arethe same and they are consition. each bracket including a pair of legs 5centrically disposed so that the flame jets and bolts for clamping saidlegs to the heat the vaporizer spaced a short distance vaporizer andburner. a cylindrical shell above the burner. The upper ends 13 ofsurrounding the burner, and tire supports these legs are curved to fitthe vaporizer pipe Within the shell.

While the burner is disposed between the Til testimony wher of, We afiixour sigua 50 legs and may rest on the lower bolt 12, as w 7 shown inFig. 3. The supply pipe 8 leads WILLIAM A. MAAS. to a supply tank 14;provided with a con- THOMAS J. MAAS.

